Combined toilet fan and hair drier



oct. 16 1923.

W. C. SUMMER ET AL COMBINED TOILET FAN AND HA'IR DHIER Filed Dec. 9 1920 IIIIIII g1/venten .u Walter @Summer William LMI'U ckJr.

Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

WALTER C. SUMMER AND WILLIAJI L. IINICK, JR., OF WAYNESBOBO, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED TOILET FAN AND HAIR DRIEB.

Application Med December 9, 1920. Serial No. 429,560.

v Fans and Hair Driels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to a comblnated toilet fan and hair drier, and has for itsobject to provide a fan which can attached to anyof the closets now 1n ordinary use.

Another object is to provide a toilet fan which can be operated by the ordlnary electric current such as is used for electric lights and the like.

Another object is to provide a toilet fan that can take care of a number of closets.

Another object is to provide a fan which takes up little space, which is easily kept clean, and which is ornamental rather than the reverse. v

Another object is to provide a hair drying attachment in l'connection with a toilet fan.

Referring to the accompan ing drawings, which are made a art hereo and on which similar reference c aracters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing our devices in position for use,

Figure 2z a lon 'tudinal section through the connection wit-l the flush pipe,

Figure 3, a lo 'tudinal sectlon through the connection to'tia hair dryin tube.

In the drawings reference c aracters 10 indica-te a toilet bowl of ordinary construction, having a flush pi 11 leading to the usual water openings m a tank 12. A fan 13 is connected at any convenient point to the ush by a pipe comprising three sections 13'. lliiand 14 connected by ordinary unions. These sections may be connected to the fan and iiush pipe respectively by any ordinary and convenient means, and one union ma have a valve 30 similar to the valve in Figure 3. In Figure 2 the pipe 14 is shown as being connected to pipe 11 in the ordinary manner by cutting a hole in pipe 11, cutting the end of piipe 14 to fit and wiping the joint in the o mary manner. They may be connected in other ways as by inserting pipe 14 through the hole, placing a cap t ereabout and soldering it to both of the pipes, or by making part 14 in one piece with a section of pipe of the size of the flush pipe. In new installations. the entire flush pipe might be made with 14 as a projection therefrom.

The outlet pipe 15 from the fan communicatcs with the outer air by connection to the usual vent pipe, a chimney or other opening.

The pipe 15 has a union 16 inserted intermediate of its length, and this union is formed with an extension 17 for connection thereto cfa tube 18 with a mouth ieee 18. A valve 19 in the union 16 is a apted to close an opening leading to tube 18 or an opening leading to the outer section of pipe 15.

At or near the joint between pipes 11 and 14 there is pivoted a circuit breaker 20, which may be weighted as at 21 or may be moved in Vone direction by a spring if desired, so as normally to maintain the circuit breaker in closed position. A member 22 se arated from the pipe by a block of insu ating material 23 serves as the second member of the circuit closing and breaking device. A wire 24 is connected to member 22, and member 20 is connected through the pipe 11 to a ground 25. At the other side of the circuit is a wire 26 with a manually controlled switch 27 interposed between its parts. This wire is connected to the fan motor which in turn is connected to a ground 28.

In operation the switch 27 is closed and the fan will run continuously drawing air through pipes 11, 14 and 14 from bowl 10 and the air passing through the fan and out by pipe 15. When the bowl is flushed, the down-flowing water strikes circuit breaker 20 and swings it away from part 22, breaking the circuit at this point and stopping the fan until the flow o water ceases when weight 21 returns part 20 and the circuit is again completed until switch 27 is again opened.

If the hair drying device is to be used it is merely necessary to close' the switch 27 and move the valve 19 by its handle 19' into the dotted line positlon as shown in Figure 3, and valve 30 to a similarA position when the fan will draw air throu h the pipe 13 and blow out through tu 18 and mouth piece 18.`

Various chan and modifications will occurtothose :a ed intheartand wedo not limit ourselves to the recise form of the -invention as shown an described, the true scope of the invention being shown by the appended claims.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A toilet fan attachment comprising a bowl, a flush tank, a pipe connecting them, a fan adjacent the bowl, an electric switch adjacent said pipe for controlling the operation of the fan, a second pipe attached to the first and connecting the fan thereto to draw air from the bowl, means for connecting the outlet side of the fan casing to the outer air, and means whereby said switch is operated by the flow of water from the flush tank to the bowl to stop the fan. substantially as set forth.

2. A toilet fan attachment, comprising a bowl, a flush tank, a flush pipe, a branch pipe attached to the flush pipe for withdrawing air therefrom, a fan in communication with the second pi e means for driving the fan, and means or stopping automatically the fan while the bowl is being flushed, substantially as set forth.

3. A toilet fan attachment, comprising a bowl, a Bush tank, a Hush pipe, a fan connected to the Hush pipe for withdrawing air therefrom, a motor for driving said fan and means operated by water in the flush pi e to interrupt the action of the motor, substantially as set forth.

4. A toilet fan attachment, comprising a bowl, a flush tank, a flush ipe, a fan connected to the flush pipe fldr withdrawing air therefrom, an electric motor for driving the fan, electrical connections from a source of power to the motor and means for interrupting the action of the motor com rising a switch in said connections, adapte to be operated by flowing water, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a bowl, a flush tank, a pipe connecting them, a second pipe connected to the rst and to the outer air, means for producing a suction in the pipes to draw air from the bowl, and an electric switch operated by the flow of water in the flush pipe to interrupt the action of said suction means, substantially as set forth.

6. In a toilet attachment, a fan, an intake pipe attached thereto and adapted to be connected to a flush pipe, an outlet pipe adapted to communicate with the outer air, a tube attached to the latter pipe having a free end, and means in said pipes whereby the fan may operate either to draw air from the bowl, or to forcing air out of the free end of the tube, substantially as set forth.

7. In a toilet attachment, a fan adapted to be connected to a bowl to draw air therefrom, an exhaust pi e communicating with the outer air, a flexi le tube also connected to the fan, said tube also having a free end and means for alternatively admitting the current from the fan to the exhaust pipe and the flexible tube, substantially as set forth.

8. In a toilet attachment, a fan, an intake pipe attached thereto and adapted to be connected to a flush pipe or to the air in the room, an outlet pipe adapted to communicate with the outer air, and a tube attached to the outlet pipe and having a free cnil ada ed for use as a hair drier, substantial y as set forth.

9. The combination of a Hush tank, a bowl, a pipe connecting them, a; fan connected to the pipe and to the outer air, a motor to drive the fan and a circuit closer for the circuit of the motor comprising a stationary element, and a pivoted element coacting therewith and extending into the flush pipe in position to be operated by the flowing water, substantially as set forth. 1

10. In a toilet appliance, an electric fan, a casing therefor, a pipe connecting said casing to a flush pipe, a union between two parts of said pipe having a passage leadingr into the room, a valve adapted to o en alternatively the passages to the dus pipe and the room, a pipe connecting the fan casing to the outer air, a union between two parts of said pipe having a lateral passage, a relatively long flexible pipe leading from said lateral passage and adapted for use as a hair drier, and a valve adapted to open alternatively the passages to the outer air and to said lateral passage, whereby a single fan is adapted to operate the hair drying attachment and'also to act as a toilet fan, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, this th day of October, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty.

WALTER c. SUMMER. 1.5.] WILLIAM L. MINICK, JR. [as] Witnesses:

JOHN B. Galena, ALF. N. RUSSELL.

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